Al, yes I do set the main light first. It was just ambiguous wording, sorry.
Let's say you have a light directly left and one directly right of the subject (eg.90 degrees) and then a third fill light in front of the subject, above camera.
Normally I would meter each one alone (the others are off) maybe f11 from the sides and f8 from the front, for example. Then I turn them all on and meter toward the camera. I set the camera for that reading which sometimes is f13 or f14. How about that technique, is it the correct method?
thank you.
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